Fence



M. DAGGER.

(No Model.)

ATTORNEYS.

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

MADISON DAGGER, OF NEWTOWN, INDIANA.

FENCE.

SPECIFICATION formingpart of Letters Patent No. 275,891, dated April 17, 1883. Application filed December 29, 1882. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, MADISON DAGGER, of Newtown, in the county of Fountain and State of Indiana,have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Fences, of which the following is a full, clear, and exact description.

This invention consists in a worm rail and site fence in which double posts and crossstakes are used,wherebya very superior fence at little cost is produced, the double posts supporting the fence and holding the wires at any desired height above the top rail, and the stakes being held firmly against the rails, pressed together, and locked with wires, and the whole firmly banded together, there being bands around the stakes and top rails that securely hold them from being displaced by stock of any kind. By this construction of fence less worm is needed, and a greater length of fence can be made with the same amount of rails, inasmuch as the mode of fastening securely holds the'fence against wind or other forces, and the fence can be stretched, as it is termed, to greater extent than usual, and this reduces the amount of rails required.

Reference is to be had to the accompanying drawing, forming a part of this specification, which represents a view in perspective of a fence in part embodying my invention.

A A are the rails of a worm-fence, and B B double posts arranged on opposite sides of the rails. There may be any number of these double posts, at suitable distances apart, in the length of the fence; but only a few of such will be reqnired,inasmueh as the rails are supported intermediately of them by inclined stakes O 0, arranged to press firmly against the top rail in the panels, and to bear against and cross one anotherat any desired height above the top rails and intermediately between upper and lower longitudinal wires, D 1). These longitudinal wires may be arranged so that the lowest of them will average one foot (more or less) above the top rails,and are stretched from one set of double posts B B to another throughout the series of them, passing, respectively, between the stakesC (l in each pair of them, and so that each wire passes, respectively, on opposite sides of said stakes to one another above and below the crutch or crossing junction of the stakes. These wires serve to give height to the fence,

and also to hold it steady. This locking of the stakes with the longitudinal wires is important, as also is the use of double posts instead of single ones, to hold the rails which pass in between them. Both stakes and posts are firmly driven into the ground, and the two stakes of each pair of stakes C O are not only firmly united to one another, where they cross, by a wire band, E, but said band is also passed above and below the longitudinal wires D l) to bind the whole firmly together, and said stakes are further bound or lashed to the top rail in each panel by a wire band,F, which holds the top rail from being displaced by stock of any kind.

. A fence constructed as described is both light, cheap, and secure alike against hogs as other animals, and it is relieved from all topheaviness and extended exposure to the wind. An old worn-out ordinary worm-fence will furnish rails and stakes enough to construct my improved fence, and with but a small cost for wire, and a greater length of fence can be made with the same rails, as the mode of holding the fence makes it secure from wind and other disturbing forces. It will be found much lighter, stronger, and cheaper than other worm and stake fences, either employing single or double wooden riders or longitudinal wires differently arranged relatively to the stakes and rails and not using double posts.

Having thus fully described my invention, I claim as new and ilesire'to secure by Letters Patent In a combined worm, stake, and wire fence, the combination of the double posts B B, the rails A A, arranged to pass in between said posts, the crossing stakes O 0, arranged to bear or press against and supportthe top rails, therlongitudinal wires D I), stretched to connectthe several double posts above the top rails, and arranged to pass above and below the crossingjunctions of the stakes, on opposite sides ot' them, as described, and the bands E F, applied to bind the stakes to the top rails and the stakes and longitudinal wires together,

essentially as and for the purposes herein set forth.

MADISON DAGGER.

Witnesses S. McIRVIN, JULIUS GAMBOLD. 

